Hyperthreading sometimes affects your max overclock and heat, not sure if this is the same with the ivy bridges.

Will you be doing video encoding of your gameplay or livestreaming? If not then an i5 should be more than enough. You may then be able to set up real water cooling.

As for the SSD always go for the M4. They are amazing. I would also suggest not using the green drive and maybe going for an older samsung made spinpoint if you can find them or a black. I have a 500gig green and it really affects performance.

EDIT: Are you also in need of a monitor? And does that price include any tax that you may incur?Edited by Crim427 - 5/7/12 at 3:32pm

It's really not hard to build your own..study up on it
8-9 screws for the mobo and follow the diagram for the power button/hdd led/reset switches and good to go! ::Edited by Schmuckley - 5/7/12 at 4:34pm